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I have a customer that has sites all across the state and they recently converted a JCI remote site and brought it into the main server using P2 Ethernet connection. The problem is that on the JCI NAE there was a BACnet/IP integration to a Phoenix Microserver. The Phoenix panel and the new P2 PXCMs are all on the same subnet but the server is on a different subnet. There are already BBMDs set up on the server for other sites. My question is since the chance of getting into the Phoenix panel and adding the server as a BBMD is low and there are no BACnet panels on that subnet to act as a BBMD can I add the Phoenix server as a foreign device and still maintain the BBMD table on the server? Can the Cimetrics stack handle both? The only other option I can see is to add the NAE as a BBMD since I can get into it and use it to talk to the Phoenix, but I don't really want to use that option.

This is a bit confusing the way it's presented. Are you talking about making the Server a Foreign Device? Or are you talking about making the Phoenix Microserver a Foreign Device? Are you saying you think the chances of making configuration changes in the Phoenix Microserver are slim? Because to add the Phoenix Microserver as a Foreign Device you would have to set it as one and point it to the server as the BBMD. Cimetrics can certainly handle both. I recommend opening the Getting Startedlink in theOnline Documentation in the Insight Version 3 folder in the Start Menu. There is quite a bit of good info in there for BACnet.